Improvement in wash and feed boilers



G. C. ALDEN & S'. M." IRVINQ WASH AND FEED BOILERS.

l I l9 r 0% a ,I 5 ri "I ,2? WITNESSES INVENTOR is? ATTORNEYS UNITEDSTATES GEORGE G. ALDEN AND STEPHEN M. IRVIN, OF MOULTON, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASH AND FEEQD BOILERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177,44$, dated May 16,1876; application filed m April 8, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, GEORGE G. ALDEN and STEPHEN M. IRVIN, of Moulton, inthe county of Appanoose and State of Iowa, have invented-a new andvaluable Improvement in Wash and Feed Boilers and we do hereby declarethat the following is a full,

clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, .reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, and tothe letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of front view of our washand feed boiler;

. and Fig. 2 is avertical section through the dotted line yy. i v Thisinvention has relation to wash-boilers and boilers for heating feed; andthe nature of our invention consists in a swinging barrel or tank,inside of which is a furnace inclosed in a casing provided witha'smoke-pipe, as will be'hereinafter explained.

The capital letter A designates a barrel or tank, which is suspendedfrom two standards,

B B, by means of brackets a a, which allow,

the barrel to be tilted for emptying it of its contents, and also allowitto be removed from the standards B.

G designates a casing of metal, which rises from the bottom of thebarrel a short distance and is provided with an escape pipe, 0,

which extends out through the top of the barrel, as shown in Fig. 2.

The casing 0 should be secured water-tight to the bottom of the barrelA, and inside of this casing is'a cylindrical grated fire-pot, J, at thebottom of which is a grate, K, and an ash-receptacle, L. Surrounding thebase of the fire-pot is "a flange, e, from which extend two handles.When the fire-pot is inside of the casing it is held by means of buttonsh,

which are turned under the flange 6.

It will be seen from the above description that the furnace or fire-potis removable from the casing O, for supplying it with fuel and cleaningit out; also, that the contents of the barrel can be readily emptied bytilting it.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The barrel A swinging in the frame B, in combination with the removablefire-pot J, casing O,-and outlet-pipe O, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed ournames in the "presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE G. ALDEN. STEPHEN M. IRVIN. Witnesses:

H B. DRAKE, I. IRVIN;

PATENT QEEIoE.

